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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Beaumont in Kyiv and Dan Sabbagh

Russia escalating attacks on civilians, says top Ukrainian official

Burnt-out cars and debris in central Vinnytsia, after the Russian attack.
Burnt-out cars and debris in central Vinnytsia, after the Russian attack. Photograph: Oleksandr Lapin/Ukrinform/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

A top Ukrainian official has accused Russia of deliberately escalating its deadly attacks on civilian targets, after recent missile strikes including this week’s targeting of the crowded city centre of Vinnytsia, which killed 23 people, including three children.

Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s national security council, told the Guardian that monitoring of Russian strikes suggested an increased emphasis in recent weeks on terrorising Ukraine’s civilian population.

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